‘More types of poor conduct by claimant solicitors in the holiday sickness market have been uncovered, their regulator has warned.’
Legal Futures, 10th August 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A property agent who misspent £700,000 in rent he had collected for his clients has been sentenced to five years in prison today.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 2nd August 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘HSBC’s former head of currency trading has won a last-ditch battle to block his extradition to the US, where he faces 11 charges of foreign exchange rigging which each carry a maximum 30-year prison sentence.’
The Guardian, 31st July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Property fraudsters could be stopped in their tracks by technical fixes of the law, according to the Law Commission. The independent legal body say HM Land Registry has had to fork out close to £60million in indemnity payments because of fraud over the past decade. As a result, it’s recommending measures to help prevent fraud from taking place in registered land, alongside wider technical changes to the law which will make conveyancing “faster, easier and cheaper for everyone”.’
Law Commission, 24th July 2018
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk/
‘The chief executive of an education charity who used the company credit card to splash out on a his honeymoon and paintings at Bonhams auction house has been jailed for six years.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd July 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘There are lessons for practitioners in all areas in the judgment of Rose J in Aeroflot v Forus and others. That case – a long-running chancery matter concerning skulduggery, political intrigue and alleged fraud –stands as a reminder that parties plead fraud at their peril.’
Zenith PI, 17th July 2018
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘Two former traders have been jailed for more than 13 years for trying to rig a key financial benchmark at the height of the financial crisis.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th July 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Twelve people who plotted to claim more than £450,000 in maternity payments for babies which did not exist have been jailed for 47 years today (18 July). The defendants, who included members of the same family and their partners and friends, made at least 158 fraudulent applications for maternity allowance over the course of 52 months.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 18th July 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Outlines findings from a research study looking at the level of attrition in fraud and cyber crime cases reported to Action Fraud..’
Home Office, 16th July 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘The owner of a care home who tried to defraud residents out of £4.1million by isolating them from their families and persuading them to make him a beneficiary of their wills has been jailed today.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 13th July 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Excessive court reporting restrictions, inadequate listing information and difficulties in obtaining documents are preventing scrutiny of economic crimes and bribery cases, according to a report by Corruption Watch UK.’
The Guardian, 16th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The judgment of the Court of Appeal in R v Hayes [2018] EWCA 682 is a stark and unsettling reminder of how occasionally a family court and a criminal court may deliver contradictory judgments on the same facts.’
Family Law, 11th July 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘A national watchdog that has the power to punish British universities for failing to tackle research misconduct is needed to ensure that sloppy practices and outright fraud are caught and dealt with fast, MPs say.’
The Guardian, 11th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Russian state airline Aeroflot has been ordered to pay indemnity costs for the entire eight years of a fraud claim that it dropped on the eve of opening submissions.’
Litigation Futures, 10th July 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A self-styled “paedophile hunter” who blackmailed his victims for tens of thousands of pounds has been jailed.’
BBC News, 2nd July 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Sentencing Council has published its assessment of the impact of its Fraud, Bribery and Money Laundering offences guideline on sentencing trends, under its statutory duty to monitor the operation and effect of its sentencing guidelines and to draw conclusions from this information.’
Sentencing Council, 26th June 2018
Source: www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk
‘A farmer who deliberately mislabelled barn eggs as pricier free range ones must pay back his £500,000 profits.’
BBC News, 21st June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has ruled that an insurance company is entitled to exemplary damages against fraudsters whose conduct was described as ‘outrageous’.’
Law Society's Gazette, 15th June 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A lack of resources for police and prosecutors and the international focus of regulators could be contributing to the falling number of prosecutions for white collar crime in England and Wales, according to international law firm Pinsent Masons.’
OUT-LAW.com, 12th June 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A bogus cosmetic surgeon who inflicted grievous bodily harm on two female clients by injecting them with fake Botox has today been jailed for four years.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th June 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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